Piper PA-31-310 Navajo crash, May 3, 2014 (2 killed), Cor...
Piper PA-31-310 Navajo accident on May 3, 2014 near Coromoro, Santander, Colombia with 2 fatalities. Cause: Aerocivil (investigation record):...
- Date: May 3, 2014
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo
- Location: Coromoro, Santander, Colombia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Aerocivil (investigation record): Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot lost situational awareness while flying in low cloud, with the pilot's unfamiliarity with the area and single pilot operation cited as contributing factors.
A twin engine Piper PA31 Navajo on a geophysical survey mission departed Bucaramanga Palonegro for the Coromoro area of Santander with one pilot and one passenger. In marginal weather with low cloud, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain near Coromoro and disintegrated on impact. Both occupants were killed, and the wreckage was found two days later at about 4,500 metres. The Colombian civil aviation authority concluded the accident was controlled flight into terrain after the pilot lost situational awareness.